UNC Music Professor Jocelyn Neal, co-editor of the journal Southern Cultures and a scholar of commercial country music and American popular music, has been appointed director of the Center for the Study of the American South, effective July 1, 2012.
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Thomas J. Meyer, a chemist and pioneer in the field of solar energy research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will receive the Porter Medal, the most significant international award in photochemistry.
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Studio art majors who will graduate in May, August and December 2012 will display their work in 219 Hanes Art Center from May 7-13. In this exhibition, graduating seniors will reflect on their time spent at Carolina. A broad range of works will be exhibited, representing nearly every artistic medium.
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Part Swiss army knife, part compass: that’s Greg Gangi. For Carolina undergraduates majoring in the environment, the professor fills a variety of invaluable roles.
Professor’s door opens environment to students Read More »
The Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Student Honor Society held its Induction Ceremony and Reception on April 9. Two chemistry students in the College of Arts and Sciences, Michael Bertucci and James Grinias, were among the new inductees. The Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Student Honor Society is dedicated solely to graduate and
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Since 1999, Quercia and others at the Center for Community Capital have been tracking how people with low incomes do when they get 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages from lenders who evaluate their applications carefully and don’t qualify them for more than they can handle.
Keeping house: Helping working families regain home ownership dream Read More »
Lisa Lindsay, an associate professor of history in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to support her research. The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, based in New York City, appoints fellows based on prior achievement and exceptional promise in research and artistic creation. Lindsay’s current project is “Atlantic Bonds: A Family
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Catastrophic brain injuries associated with full-contact football appear to be rising, especially among high school students, according to a new report. The increase is alarming and indicates more coaches and athletic trainers should change how they teach the fundamental skills of the game, according to UNC researchers.
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In a paper published today in the journal Nature Methods, a team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill demonstrates a simple, cost-effective technique for three-dimensional RNA structure prediction that will help scientists understand the structures, and ultimately the functions, of the RNA molecules that dictate almost every aspect of human cell behavior.
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The minor in entrepreneurship is proud to announce that four students have been chosen as winners of the JNO Awards in Entrepreneurial Studies: Jeremy Bass, Santiago Beltran, Ann Johnston and Catie King.
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